How To Install soundtouch on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install soundtouch on Rocky Linux 8. soundtouch is Audio Processing library for changing Tempo, Pitch and Playback Rates

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soundtouch on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `soundtouch`

SoundTouch is a LGPL-licensed open-source audio processing library for changing the Tempo, Pitch and Playback Rates of audio streams or files. The SoundTouch library is suited for application developers writing sound processing tools that require tempo/pitch control functionality, or just for playing around with the sound effects. The SoundTouch library source kit includes an example utility SoundStretch which allows processing .wav audio files from a command-line interface.

We can use yum or dnf to install soundtouch on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install soundtouch.

Install soundtouch on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install soundtouch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install soundtouch

Install soundtouch on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install soundtouch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install soundtouch

How To Uninstall soundtouch on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the soundtouch package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove soundtouch

soundtouch Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/soundstretch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/67cf46ac70323b41a7422bedae499a4f4b972a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/f43fcd707413db4db0ab223f6e4b4629a0c722
/usr/lib64/libSoundTouch.so.2
/usr/lib64/libSoundTouch.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch/README.html
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch/COPYING.TXT
/usr/bin/soundstretch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/a234db2f25ba92f4c56ca480805d8f7ec5453f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/f6e43ca6984d79464b47c4fc23803313a5f990
/usr/lib/libSoundTouch.so.2
/usr/lib/libSoundTouch.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch
/usr/share/doc/soundtouch/README.html
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch
/usr/share/licenses/soundtouch/COPYING.TXT

References

soundtouch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install soundtouch on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.